Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-10-27
THE WEST.

A.. pr,v. LOCKWOOD has organizer
a.,- ,,oiitical party called the Industrial
Reform party. The platform as aoop'e1
| at Spring field, Ill, embraces Mo@ a.
suffrage, prohibition ana teIag-anh
ow,narship of transportation and telegraph
! lines. or,rr,an+
THE international military encamp"en1
| at Chicago ended in a fizzle, the AFFAIR Delng
| nlaced in the hands of a receiver.
TIE Tont1ne mine at Bessemer, WIS, mas
been attached by laborers to secure s4'oV'
| of claims. $500, A..ar,,-
THE proceedings OF the General Assem-
| bly of the Knights OF Labor at MinheapoiS'
III have been characterized by much
unroar. attacks being made on Powoeriy'
nrincinaIlv on his action in closing the chi
| cago strikes.
THE Typothetae, composed Of employing
nrinters assembled at Chicago on tne lotn:
THE Fifth Annual Fat Stock Show VIII
be held at Riverview Park, Kansas lily,
Kan, October 81 to November 3, and Will
be one of the best displays OF cattle nogs,
sheep and poultry yet had. The premiums
will aggregate S1a, OOO The Cattle Growers
Association will meet on the second DAY.
THE body OF DR.. F. A. Marden, prominent
physician of Milwaukee, Wis, who dlsap-
peared a few weeks ago, has been found In
the lake. He had killed himself
THE steam engineers Of Chicago have lett
the Knights of Labor and organized an In
dependent association.
p W.RM.N. founder and manager of
the Cincinnati Commercial Agency, mas
disappeared. 1t was said Mr.. Warman was
behind in his accounts at various places
and that he was insane.
ELLA CLEMENTS, who was injured in the
recent railway accident at Kout Station,
Ind, has brought suit for $4,000 damages
against the Chicago & Atlantic Railway
Company.
The brotherhood of Locomotive En-
eineers met at Chicago on the 18TH Chief
Arthur's report showed the organization 10
be in f1ourishing condition.
THE Iowa Odd Fellows met IN convention
at Des Moines ON the 10Th.
A FIRE at Oelwein, Iowa, the other night
DESTROYED fourteen business houses, almost
wiping out the business portion or the
town. Oelwein was thriving village at
the junction of the Burlington, Cedar Rap
ids & Northern railroad in Fayette County,
eighty-four miles from Dubuque.
The Knights of Labor General Assembly
closed at Minneapolis, Mimi, after an excit-
ing session, on the 18th. No changes were
made in the executive department.
GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER has been
definitely retained as one of the counsel for
the Chicago Anarchists, receiving ;, $40 re-
tainer and $3.50 day.
ITALIANS and negroes had fight recently
one mile west of Madisonville, o. One of
the Italians was shot, but not fatally.
The last troops at Camp Sheridan, the
notorious Chicago military fZzle, left on
the Doth. The creditors are pressing the
receiver for money due them.
JUDGE JAMESON. of the Chicago criminal
court has overruled the motion for new
trial in the omnibus Doodle case.
THE Illinois Grand Army men have or
ganized service pension association. A
national organization is proposed.
AN indications officer is to be stationed
at st. Paul to send out warnings of cold
waves in the Northwest.
The Excelsior Refinery Company of Cleve-
land, O., has made an assignment with 49,,
600 liabilities.
INCENDIARIsM was the cause of the de-
struction of three blocks, comprising forty
buildings, at Marinette, Wis, on the Goth.
FIRE in San Francisco the other night de-
stroyed the Fulton iron works and COM
pleted castings for six steam cruisers, caus-
ing a loss of S25O, 900.
EFFORTS are to be made by means of the
United States courts to break up the White
Cap marauders and outlaws of Indiana.
The Cleveland Stone Company's foundry
and planning mill at Berea. o., were de-
stroyed by fire recently. Loss, $4,000